Britain & Ireland
What was it about industrialisation that led to the emergence of a woman’s movement in Victorian Britain? Why do we see so many people fighting for so many rights and liberties in this period and what are the origins of some of the issues we still campaign on today? This section includes our major series on Social and Political Change in the UK from 1800 to the present day. There are also articles and podcasts on the often violent relationship between England and Ireland during this period and England’s changing relationship with Scotland and Wales. Read more
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Chamberlain Day and the popular meaning of Tariff Reform
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The ideological contribution of 'The Times' in favour of motherhood in Great Britain between 1910–1920
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Oscar Wilde: the myth of martydom
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Lord Palmerston
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The Irish historians' role and the place of history in Irish national life
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The Urban Working Classes in England 1880-1914
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Bertrand Russell's Role in the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The Uses of History in the Twenty First Century
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Joseph Priestley's American Dream
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The Origins of the Local Government Service
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Two Babies That Could Have Changed World History
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Heritage and History
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'Spy Fever' in Britain, 1900 to 1914
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The Rainbow Circle and the New Liberalism
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A Social History of the Welsh Language
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The Gallipoli Memorial, Eltham
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Eighteenth-century Britain and its Empire
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William Morris, Art and the Rise of the British Labour Movement
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Cholera and the Fight for Public Health Reform in Mid-Victorian England
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'Wanted, The Elusive Charlie Peace': A Sheffield Killer Of The 1870s As Popular Hero
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